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The Spiel
The Spiel is a show about games and the people who love them. Each episode, we review and discuss a new board game or card game from our massive collection. We also highlight overlooked classics, answer rules questions, give tips on deals and collecting, and play a stump-the-band style quiz, the Game Sommelier, trying to match the right game with the right crowd. Games are great catalysts for interaction, imagination, and just plain fun. Fun is quirky little beast. It's hard to pin down, but we know it when we see it or play it. The Spiel takes a long hard look at fun and games by having fun playing games. Our goal is to expose our audience to the widest variety of games and to show you how to have fun with the greatest variety of games.
Episodes
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The Spiel #25 - You Look Marbleous!
Driven to abstraction. From archaeology to pachinko in less than two hours, we play Mykerinos and Marvin Marvel's Marvelous Marble Machine, two fast fun abstract strategy games.
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The Spiel #24 - Sic Transit Gloria
I didn't know Gloria was sick. Ancient Rome is crumbling as the Goths swarm down from the north. We play Senators racing to escape the Eternal City in Gloria Mundi, the first collaborative effort from James Ernest and Rio Grande Games.
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The Spiel #23 - Tony Danza & Co.
Cue the laugh track. We play Conquistadors in Pizarro & Co. and Capitalist pigs in I'm the Boss, two games that lead to big deals and big piles of cashola.
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The Spiel #22 - You Bet Your Asp
Bet like an Egyptian. We get a good dose of corruption, cash, and deadly crocodile gods playing Wits & Wagers and Cleopatra & the Society of Architects.
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The Spiel #21 - Ewe Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry
Lou Ferrigno, eat your heart out! It doesn't take gamma rays to make us see green, just two sets of horribly organized rules. We play Shear Panic and Marvel Heroes. One's a keeper, the other's a dud.
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The Spiel #20 - Lore & Ladders
Chock full of goobery goodness! We click with Lexio, a Korean tile game with Chinese roots, and charge head long into Battle Lore, waging table top fantasy battles with hundreds of miniatures.
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The Spiel #19 - Cold Fusion
Recycle, reuse, replay! We warm up with a Mah Jongg variant called Forbidden and then tap into Power Grid, a game where garbage and wind can lead to vitctory.
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The Spiel #18 - Wrap It Up! 2006 Holiday Gift Guide
A special holiday game gift guide! Over 50 game recommendations for gamers of all ages and games of all flavors.
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The Spiel #17 - I Coulda Been a Contenda!
All class, no bums. We play two prize fighting games: Buccaneer and Aqua Romana, both runners up for the 2006 Spiel des Jahres, the German Game of the Year.
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The Spiel #16 - In the Cards
Shuffle up, and deal! We look back 400 years to play Scopa, a classic card game that feels modern and then play Parlay, the secret love-child of Scrabble and Poker.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Spiel is a show about games and the people who love them. Each episode, we review and discuss a new board game or card game from our massive collection. We also highlight overlooked classics, answer rules questions, give tips on deals and collecting, and play a stump-the-band style quiz, the Game Sommelier, trying to match the right game with the right crowd. Games are great catalysts for interaction, imagination, and just plain fun. Fun is quirky little beast. It's hard to pin down, but we know it when we see it or play it. The Spiel takes a long hard look at fun and games by having fun playing games. Our goal is to expose our audience to the widest variety of games and to show you how to have fun with the greatest variety of games.
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How many episodes does The Spiel have?
The Spiel currently has 10 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The Spiel about?
The Spiel is a show about games and the people who love them. Each episode, we review and discuss a new board game or card game from our massive collection. We also highlight overlooked classics, answer rules questions, give tips on deals and collecting, and play a stump-the-band style quiz, the...
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